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Calibration Procedures for Orthogonal Superposition Rheology

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New calibration technique for multiple-component stress wave force balances.

Madhat M Abdel-jawad¹, David J Mee, Richard G Morgan

¹FIMLab School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. madhata@cheque.uq.edu.au

The Review of Scientific Instruments

|July 7, 2007

Summary

Measuring forces in hypervelocity expansion tubes is challenging. A new calibration technique for stress wave force balances overcomes limitations, enabling accurate force measurements even without orthogonal surfaces on the model.

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Area of Science:

Aerospace Engineering
Experimental Fluid Dynamics
Measurement Science

Background:

Conventional force measurement techniques are inadequate for hypervelocity expansion tubes due to extremely short test times.
Stress wave force balance (SWFB) is a viable method for force measurement in these conditions.
Existing SWFB calibration methods require orthogonal surfaces, limiting their application.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel calibration technique for multi-component stress wave force balances.
To address the challenge of calibrating SWFBs when no orthogonal surfaces are available on the model.
To enable accurate force measurements in hypervelocity expansion tubes for complex geometries.

Main Methods:

Developed a new calibration technique based on the tensorial superposition of single-component impulse responses.
Analogous to vectorial superposition of calibration loads, this method handles non-orthogonal load distributions.
Demonstrated the technique using a scale model of the Mars Pathfinder.

Main Results:

The new calibration technique successfully overcomes the limitation of requiring orthogonal surfaces.
Tensorial superposition effectively reconstructs the impulse response for complex load distributions.
The method is validated for a non-trivial geometry, showing its practical applicability.

Conclusions:

The presented tensorial superposition calibration technique is effective for multi-component stress wave force balances.
This method significantly expands the applicability of SWFBs to complex geometries in hypervelocity expansion tubes.
The technique offers a valuable tool for aerodynamic force measurement in challenging experimental conditions.